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Totò Mignone
Ottone "Totò" Mignone (1906–1993) was an Italian dancer and actor of the stage and film.Kezich p.286 He was the elder brother of the actress and singer Milly. Selected filmography * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1942) * '' The Woman of Sin'' (1942) * '' A Little Wife'' (1943) * '' Anything for a Song'' (1943) * '' The Last Wagon'' (1943) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1947) * '' Cab Number 13'' (1948) * ''Toto Tours Italy'' (1948) * '' The Firemen of Viggiu'' (1949) * ''Adam and Eve'' (1949) * ''Totò Tarzan'' (1950) * ''47 morto che parla'' (1950) * ''Toto the Third Man'' (1951) * ''Sardinian Vendetta'' (1952) * ''Neapolitan Turk'' (1953) * ''An American in Rome'' (1954) * ''Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics'' (1958) * '' How to Kill 400 Duponts'' (1967) * '' Bloody Friday'' (1972) * ''Ginger and Fred ''Ginger and Fred'' ( it, Ginger e Fred) is a 1986 comedy/drama film directed and written by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandria
Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin. Alessandria is also a major railway hub. History Alessandria was founded in 1168 with a charter as a free comune; it was sited upon a preexisting urban nucleus, to serve as a stronghold for the Lombard League, defending the traditional liberties of the communes of northern Italy against the Imperial forces of Frederick Barbarossa. Alessandria stood in the territories of the marchese of Montferrat, a staunch ally of the Emperor, with a name assumed in 1168 to honour the Emperor's opponent, Pope Alexander III. In 1174–1175 the fortress was sorely tested by the Imperial siege and stood fast. A legend (related in Umberto Eco's book ''Baudolino'', and which recalls one concerning Bishop Herculanus’ successful defence of Perugia several centuries ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cab Number 13
''Cab Number 13'' ( it, Il fiacre n. 13) is a 1948 Italian crime-melodrama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Vera Carmi. Cast * Vera Carmi - Jeanne Herblet (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Ginette Leclerc - Claudia (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Sandro Ruffini - Pietro Thefar (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Marcel Herrand - Georges de la Tour Vaudieu (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Leonardo Cortese - Andrea (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Vira Silenti - Mathilde * Flavia Grande - Olivia * Pierre Larquey - Pierre Loriot, il cocchiere (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Raymond Bussières - Jean Jeudi (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Achille Millo - Louis * Patrizia Muriel - Berthe Marois * Achille Majeroni - Le professeur Charcot * Paul Demange - Plume d'Oie * Galeazzo Benti - Le commissaire Portier * Henri Nassiet - Le duc de la Tour Vaudieu (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") * Roldano Lupi Roldano Lupi (8 February 1909 – 13 August 1989) was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginger And Fred
''Ginger and Fred'' ( it, Ginger e Fred) is a 1986 comedy/drama film directed and written by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina. The title is a reference to the American dancing couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The two leads portray Italian impersonators of Astaire and Rogers who reunite after thirty years of retirement for a vulgar and bizarre television extravaganza. The film was the subject of a trademark claim in the United States by Ginger Rogers, who claimed in ''Rogers v. Grimaldi'' that the film violated her Lanham Act trademark rights, right of publicity, and was a "false light" defamation. The Second Circuit rejected this claim, finding that "suppressing an artistically relevant though ambiguous ytitle film" on trademark grounds would "unduly restrict expression." Plot Amelia and Pippo were once together famous as dancers, imitating Ginger Rogers' and Fred Astaire's dance routines. Thirty years after they've retired, they te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloody Friday (1972 Film)
''Bloody Friday'' (german: Blutiger Freitag) is a 1972 crime film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Raimund Harmstorf, Amadeus August, and Gianni Macchia. It was shot on location in Munich and other parts of Bavaria. Plot After escaping from a courtroom during his trial, a major criminal plans the biggest bank robbery every to have taken place in the country. Main cast *Raimund Harmstorf as Heinz Klett * Amadeus August as Christian Hofbauer *Gianni Macchia as Luigi Belloni *Christine Böhm as Heidi Hofbauer *Ernst H. Hilbich as Ernst Pylobar *Gila von Weitershausen as Marion Lotzmann *Daniela Giordano as Dagmar Neuss *Walter Buschhoff as Walter Lotzmann *Renate Roland as Helga Radtke *Horst Naumann as Dr. Mayer-Lippe *Totò Mignone as Franz Muhl *E. O. Fuhrmann as Prosecutor *Ursula Erber as Irmgard Zukunft *Werner Heyking as Dr. Eminger Production Fernando Di Leo revised the screenplay of the film and is uncredited in the film's credits. Release ''Bloody Friday'' was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Kill 400 Duponts
''How to Kill 400 Duponts'' ( it, Arrriva Dorellik) is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The main character of the film, Dorellik, is a parody of the comic series ''Diabolik''. The character was created in the late 60s for several sketches on television. Plot Dorellik, an Italian contract killer who lives on the French Riviera accepts a job to kill everyone named Dupont in France for a rich customer who expects to receive a large inheritance. Cast *Johnny Dorelli as Dorellik * Margaret Lee as Baby Eva * Alfred Adam as Inspector Saval *Terry-Thomas as Police Commissioner Green * Riccardo Garrone as Vladimiro Dupont *Rossella Como as Barbara Leduc *Didi Perego as Gisele Dupont *Agata Flori as Carlotta *Piero Gerlini as Raphael Dupont *Totò Mignone as Berthold Dupont *Samson Burke as Last Dupont Production ''How to Kill 400 Duponts'' was a film starring popular singer and television host Johnny Dorelli. The Italian title ''Arriva Dorellik'' made reference to Dorel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto, Peppino And The Fanatics
''Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics'' ( it, Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche) is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot The poor Antonio Vignanelli and Peppino Caprioli are exacerbated by hobby and foibles of their respective families, the two that cause many problems. The two are taken for fools and taken to the asylum, and in fact the director of the asylum (Aroldo Tieri) tells how the various misunderstandings that led to their hospitalization are due in reality the foibles of their families. Cast *Totò as Antonio Vignanelli *Peppino De Filippo as Peppino Caprioli *Johnny Dorelli as Carlo Caprioli *Alessandra Panaro as la figlia dei Vignanelli *Diana Dei as la moglie del capoufficio *Mario Riva as Peppino's boss *Rosalia Maggio as Anita Vignanelli *Aroldo Tieri as il direttore del manicomio *Enzo Garinei as il giornalista *Giacomo Furia as il cugino di Giovanni *Peppino De Martino as Giovanni *Yvette Masson as Trude, the German tourist *Fanfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An American In Rome
''An American in Rome'' (originally ''Un americano a Roma'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The film consists in a satire of Americanization, and it was referred as "a milestone in the evolution of Italian self-identification". It starred Alberto Sordi, with a young Ursula Andress in a minor role. Overview Sordi reprises the character of Nando Mericoni he played a few months before in an episode of comedy film ''Un giorno in pretura''. The character eventually returned in Sergio Corbucci's ''Di che segno sei?'' (1975). Due to the continuous references of ''Nando'' to Kansas City, Alberto Sordi received in 1955 its honorary citizenship. ''Nando'' would really refer to the state of Kansas and not to the city (he spoke about the life in ''the'' Kansas City and referred to him as a sort of highway policeman of ''the'' K.C.). Plot summary Italy in the Fifties. The image of grandeur and opulence, brought by the arrival of American troops in 1944, still has its effe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neapolitan Turk
''Neapolitan Turk'' ( it, Un turco napoletano) is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot The film is based on a play by the famous Neapolitan writer Eduardo Scarpetta, father of Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo and Titina De Filippo The story is set in Naples and Sorrento in the second half of 1800. The thief ''Felice Sciosciammocca'' (the surname in Naples means "one who is always with her mouth open in astonishment"; ''Felice'' means "Happy") together with the bandit Faina ("Weasel") escapes from prison and meets with a Turkish eunuch that he should go to Sorrento for a job. Don Felice kidnaps him and steals his letter of recommendation to get into the house of a rich businessman, so that gains a bit of money for him and for his accomplice. The man who had called the Turkish is the rich grocer Don Pasquale, being jealous of his wife and young daughter, betrothed to Don Carluccio holding a dowry, is to host the Turk and immediately test som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardinian Vendetta
''Sardinian Vendetta'' (Italian: ''Vendetta... sarda'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Croccolo and Giovanna Pala. Apràp p.101 It as shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and the Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. Synopsis A Sardinian working as a chef in Milan returns to the island believing that he has inherited money from his uncle. Once there he discovers that he has been killed by a rival family, and he quickly finds himself drawn into a local vendetta. Cast * Walter Chiari as Gualtiero Porcheddu * Carlo Croccolo as Pinuccio * Mario Riva as Mario * Giovanna Pala as Lulù * Carlo Campanini as Ottavio * Franca Marzi as Annesa Leoni * Benedetta Rutili as Efisia Leoni * Anna Maestri as Gavina Leoni * Furio Meniconi as Primo fratello Leoni * Angelo Dessy as Secondo fratello Leoni * Ughetto Bertucci as Terzo fratello Leoni * Mario Feliciani as Zio P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto The Third Man
''Toto the Third Man'' ( it, Totò terzo uomo) is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot In a small village Peter and Paul (both starring Toto), twin brothers of opposite characters, Peter, mayor of the town, is gruff, precise, picky all of a piece and never lets talk about his wife (Bice Valori), is totally different from his brother Paul, who loves the good life and beautiful women, such as the innkeeper's wife Oreste (Carlo Campanini) at the expense of his wife. The dispute between the two brothers is affecting the whole country, because the construction of the new prison, which will give bread and work for all, will be built on land owned by Paul and despite already there is a municipal resolution acquisition of land by part of the town, Peter refuses to carry out the transaction with his brother, blocking the start of work, because they are afraid you might think that makes favoritism to his brother. A groped to take advantage of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47 Morto Che Parla
''47 morto che parla'' is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. The film stars Totò and Silvana Pampanini. Plot The story is set in a small town near Naples in early 1900. Baron Antonio Peletti is a stingy and cruel man who thinks only of spending the bare minimum needed for his son and future daughter-in-law, even though he lives in a luxurious house. The servant Contrado is forced to go hungry because of the miser. In fact, every time Antonio has to spend even a penny to buy something, he complains of unnecessary waste, exclaiming: "And I pay, and I pay!!" But one day his son wants to steal a box full of gold coins that Antonio hid under the bed, as a way of revenge. But in order to steal the gold, the son needs the complicity of all higher institutions in the city, including the mayor, one of the most bitter enemies of Antonio. The mayor wants to build a primary school for the children of the village, but the cruel Antonio prevents the funding becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totò Tarzan
''Totò Tarzan'' is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova. It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel ''Tarzan of the Apes''. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. As with Totò's other films of the era it was a commercial success, taking around 385 million lira at the box office.Chiti & Poppi p.371 Plot Antonio is a foundling who has lived for years in the jungle along with the monkey Bongo. But one day a troop of scouts passed into the forests of the Congo and finds him out. Antonio is well reported in civil society, where he learned, not without many difficulties and funny situations, the usages of men. In addition egl falls also Iva, only girl to truly understand his suffering due to separation from its environment. In fact, Antonio discovers that he also came from a noble family and had inherited a substantial sum of money. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |